Iowa State Cyclones

The bad news: UCF is not getting into the Big 12 as many of us had hoped. The good news: UCF football coach Scott Frost never expected the Knights to get into the Big 12 and didn't base his decision to take the UCF job on a potential Power 5 invitation.

"I wanted to be in a great place to live, at a great university and at a school you can recruit to and has the type of talent all around it that fits what I want to do," Frost told me earlier this week. "I've found that here."

Frost also believes UCF can become a powerful program even without the financial advantages of being in the...

Related "Iowa State Cyclones" Articles

Running off at the typewriter …
The bad news: UCF is not getting into the Big 12 as many of us had hoped. The good news: UCF football coach Scott Frost never expected the Knights to get into the Big 12 and didn't base his decision to take the UCF job...

Take heart, UCF fans. There are good disappointments and bad disappointments.
A bad one is when you send your résumé to Apple and get turned down for a job you coveted. A good one is when you get turned down by Ringling Bros. and Barnum...

The Big 12’s movement toward expansion appears to be losing some steam with one of its biggest proponents reportedly reconsidering the idea.
Oklahoma president David Boren has been front and center when it comes to pushing for the league to add...

Orlando Sentinel college insider Matt Murschel ranked all 128 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in the country entering the 2016 season. The Sentinel staff takes a closer look at a new team daily, counting backward from No. 128 to our projected No. 1 team....

Orlando Sentinel college insider Matt Murschel ranked all 128 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in the country entering the 2016 season. The Sentinel staff takes a closer look at a new team daily, counting backward from No. 128 to our projected No. 1 team....

Let’s take a take a closer look at the top 25 Big 12 players to watch this upcoming college football season:
Nigel Bethel II, CB, Texas Tech
Buzz: Texas Tech was the second-best school in the Big 12 when it came to passes defended (68) thanks to players...

Orlando Sentinel college insider Matt Murschel ranked all 128 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in the country entering the 2016 season. The Sentinel staff takes a closer look at a new team daily, counting backward from No. 128 to our projected No. 1 team....

Orlando Sentinel college insider Matt Murschel ranked all 128 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in the country entering the 2016 season. The Sentinel staff takes a closer look at a new team daily, counting backward from No. 128 to our projected No. 1 team....

The opening weekend of the 2016 college football season features a bevy of outstanding nonconference showdowns. Consider it just an appetizer to a buffet of tremendous football games this season – 25 of those highlighted here:
Oklahoma vs. Houston
At...

The NCAA Tournament started about as expected, the upsets, buzzer beaters and extraordinary performances coming at nearly every turn.
Now that the first week is over and the pixie dust has settled, the bracket is down to a Sweet 16 that includes 15 teams...

The sky-high excitement surrounding Mike Edwards is real.
Or maybe unreal.
Four centimeters separate Edwards, a high jumper who went to Poinciana High School in Kissimmee and is from Manchester, England, from a possible spot on the British track and...

Spring could be a crucial time for several Big 12 programs looking to solidify their starting quarterback position. Here is a closer look at how I’ve ranked each team:
1. Oklahoma: Baker Mayfield earned Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year honors after...

It's finally here.
After months of speculation and predictions, the College Football Playoff National Championship will feature top-ranked Clemson (14-0) taking on No. 2 Alabama (13-1) at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., Monday night.
...

Injuries are nothing new in college football this time of year.
Bumps and bruises accumulate as coaches are forced to utter the mantra, "Next man up."
But for the Baylor Bears, the injury bug has been nothing short of a full-on infestation.
...

ATLANTA — A long time ago in a conference far, far away …
OK, not that far away, but definitely outside the reach of the South, there stood a program at a crossroads.
Oklahoma was coming off a disastrous 8-5 season that included losses to Big 12...

As the coaching carousel goes into overdrive this week, a handful of school’s made news with coaching hires. We take a look at each hire and rank them from best to worst.
1. MARK RICHT, MIAMI
Pros: An offensive-minded coach who’s spent the past 15...

You'll have to forgive Mike Aresco if he appears giddy these days.
As the commissioner of the American Athletic Conference, Aresco has seen his league step out of the shadows and into the spotlight. Programs like Houston, Memphis, Navy and Temple have...

Michigan State and Oklahoma shook up conference title races and the College Football Playoff semifinal forecast. Their success is among the 10 things we learned during the college football weekend. 1. Michigan State embraces this whole...

After four of the five teams ranked in the top 10 lost, the smoke is clearing and the College Football Playoff picture is becoming a bit clearer.Take a closer look at the conferences vying to send teams to the semifinals and lucrative New Years Six bowl...

The top teams avoided upsets, while Pac-12 may have knocked itself out of College Football Playoff semifinal contention.
Check out the top 10 things we learned during the college football weekend.
Don’t expect any surprises at the top of the new...